John 6:41-58

Words to the Jews

41 ¹Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, "I am the bread that ²came down out of heaven."

42 They were saying, "³Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ⁴we know? How does He now say, '⁵I have come down out of heaven '?"

43 Jesus answered and said to them, "Do not grumble among yourselves.

44 "No one can come to Me unless * the Father who sent Me ⁶draws him; and I will ⁷raise him up on the last day.

45 "It is written ⁸in the prophets, '⁹AND THEY SHALL ALL BE ¹⁰TAUGHT OF GOD.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

46 "¹¹Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father.

47 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes ¹²has eternal life.

48 "¹³I am the bread of life.

49 "¹⁴Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

50 "This is the bread which ¹⁵comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and ¹⁶not die.

51 "¹⁷I am the living bread that ¹⁸came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, ¹⁹he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give ²⁰for the life of the world is ²¹My flesh."

52 ²²Then the Jews ²³began to argue with one another, saying, "How can this man give us His flesh to eat?"

53 So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless * you eat the flesh of ²⁴the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.

54 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will ²⁵raise him up on the last day.

55 "For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.

56 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ²⁶abides in Me, and I in him.

57 "As the ²⁷living Father ²⁸sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.

58 "This is the bread which ²⁹came down out of heaven; not as ³⁰the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread ³¹will live forever."

Cross References

• 1. John 1:19; John 6:52
• 2. John 6:33, 51, 58
• 3. Luke 4:22
• 4. John 7:27
• 5. John 6:38, 62
• 6. Jeremiah 31:3; Hosea 11:4; John 6:65; John 12:32
• 7. John 6:39
• 8. Acts 7:42; Acts 13:40; Hebrews 8:11
• 9. Isaiah 54:13; Jeremiah 31:34
• 10. Philippians 3:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 John 2:27
• 11. John 1:18
• 12. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:51, 58; John 11:26
• 13. John 6:35, 51
• 14. John 6:31, 58
• 15. John 6:33
• 16. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 51, 58; John 11:26
• 17. John 6:35, 48
• 18. John 6:41, 58
• 19. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 58; John 11:26
• 20. John 1:29; John 3:14; Hebrews 10:10; 1 John 4:10
• 21. John 6:53-56
• 22. John 1:19; John 6:41
• 23. John 9:16; John 10:19
• 24. Matthew 8:20; John 6:27, 62
• 25. John 6:39
• 26. John 15:4; John 17:23; 1 John 2:24; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:15
• 27. Matthew 16:16; John 5:26
• 28. John 3:17; John 6:29, 38
• 29. John 6:33, 41, 51
• 30. John 6:31, 49
• 31. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 51; John 11:26